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N.D.Ill: Police reality show producer can be kept in "perp walk"-type case

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

A police reality show videotaped plaintiff in secure areas of the jail after her arrest, and she sued the network which was showing it. She stated enough to hold in the media defendants under Wilson v. Layne. Frederick v. Biography Channel, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9743 (N.D. Ill. February 4, 2010).* A person who says she lives in a dwelling and has keys is a person who can be asked for consent. United States v. White, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9494 (E.D. Mich. February 4, 2010).* “Can I ask you a few more questions” after a traffic stop is not a seizure. United States v. Barraza-Martinez, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 2374 (10th Cir. February 4, 2010) (unpublished): Both defendants rely heavily on Sandoval, in which the Tenth Circuit held the officer's response of "No, wait a minute," to the motorist's question "That's it?" rendered the subsequent questioning non-consensual...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on February 06, 2010 (boomark / email).